Microsoft’s Project Scorpio Revealed, Final Specs Shared

Initially announced during Microsoft’s E3 briefing last year, Project Scorpio has finally been unveiled along with specs and other details.

The idea behind Microsoft’s Project Scorpio is to keep up with the emerging technologies such as 4K gaming, VR support, and HDR content.

Project Scorpio Reveal

Here’s an outline of the final specifications:

12GB of DDR5 RAM, at 6.8 GHz with 326 GB/s Bandwidth

8 CPU Cores at 2.3 GHz with 4MB L2 Cache

An Internal PSU of 245W with Advanced Cooling Techniques

6 Teraflops of GPU Power Using a Custom Design with 1,172 MHz, 40 Compute Units

Leveraging Features from AMD’s Polaris Architecture

4K UHD Blu-ray Drive from Xbox One S

1TB HDD

Both HDMI-in and HDMI-out

x3 USB 3.0

SPDIF Digital Audio Port

IR Receiver/Blaster

Kinect Support with USB Adapter

Aside from these details, Microsoft recently announced that both Xbox One and Project Scorpio will support mixed reality headset, come 2018. And yes, the consoles will support all Mixed Reality headsets from a range of manufacturers.

When it comes to VR, one important thing that you need to know is that the console won’t come with a VR headset of its own and you’ll have to buy a separate headset.

We’re currently not sure about the price as of now but expect it to be higher than Xbox One and Xbox One S consoles.